Construction Business Advancement Grant – Round 1
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The $8.8 million Construction Business Advancement Grant (BAGC) supports Queensland small and family businesses to improve productivity, streamline operations and strengthen administrative processes. The Department of Customer Services, Open Data and Small and Family Business (CDSB, we) administers the program.
Round 1 provides a rebate of up to $5,000 (excluding GST) to eligible small and family businesses in the construction industry for business management software and software related training.
💰 About the funding
Funding is limited: Applying does not guarantee a grant. We assess applications in the order we receive them and may close the round early if all funding is allocated.
Paid as a rebate: After we approve your application, you pay for your items. We pay the funding after you complete your project and we approve your acquittal report.
📅 Important dates
Applications open: 8:00am, 6 November 2026 (AEST)
Applications close: 5:00pm, 6 May 2027 (AEST)
ℹ️ Before you begin
Set aside time: Completing the form takes about 1 hour. Allow extra time to fix any errors before the closing time.
Check eligibility: Use the eligibility check on the Construction Business Advancement Grant Program | Business Queensland page.
Choose your items: Select them from the Business management software and training catalogue and save the PDF to upload. If your supplier is not listed, you can request to add it.
Prepare attachments: Gather your documents, including a witnessed 100-points-of-identification check form. The program guidelines list them all.
File size: Keep each file under 25MB. Files under 5MB upload faster.
One at a time: Wait for each file to finish uploading before you attach another.
💡 Grant information
Grant documents, including program guidelines and FAQs
Get in touch for enquiries, feedback, complaints and compliments.
Phone: 13 74 68 (13 QGOV)
Email: business@cdsb.qld.gov.au
💡 SmartyGrants technical assistance
Phone: 03 9320 6888
Email: service@smartygrants.com.au
Managing your application
Save often: Click Save as you go. Your session expires after 20 minutes of inactivity, and SmartyGrants only saves your form automatically when that happens.
Take a break: Click Save and close.
Resume later: Log back in and go to My Submissions.
Handling validation errors in your application
Error messages can appear as soon as you open a page. To fix them:
Finish the page and click Save (try this first).
Read the error message or hint carefully.
Update the question or section to fix the issue.
⚠️ Warning: You cannot submit your application until you fix every error.
Submitting your application
Before you can submit, you must review your application. Review and Submit lists any outstanding errors.
Click Review and Submit and fix any errors it lists.
